Meaning & use
Pouncer
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Historically, a small perforated container used to sprinkle fine powder (pounce) onto paper to prepare it for writing or dry wet ink.
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The antique writing box included a silver pouncer alongside its inkwell.
Museum visitors admired the engraved pouncer from the eighteenth-century desk set.
A note on using this word
Derives from 'pounce', the powdered resin or cuttlefish bone dust once used before blotting paper existed; the word can also loosely mean 'one that pounces'.
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2. noun
A person or animal that pounces, springing suddenly to seize something.
The cat proved to be an expert pouncer, ambushing toys from behind the couch.
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